Posts by Elana Schor

Since the financial industry bailouts began, Wall Street and Washington have never looked closer. But as the recession deepens and banks grow to resent the stigma associated with taxpayer aid, an unexpected chill is occurring: Bank employees are slamming their checkbooks shut.

A Washington Indepedent analysis of tight U.S. House and Senate races finds the recession isn’t slowing the flow of money into lawmakers’ coffers.